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Carmen S. Cañizares

@carmen-agro.bsky.social
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Microbiologist • Group Lead @IRNASA_CSIC deciphering bacterial regulatory networks • Royal Society URF at @OxfordBiology • Nitrogen fixation • Volunteer at @ComunidadCERU 🍏🇪🇸🇬🇧 *Mum of three*

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IRNASA-CSIC @irnasa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📢 Research Position at #IRNASA‑CSIC!!! 🧫🔬Project: From Metabolism to Movement: Connections Between Regulatory Networks in Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria 🗓️ Deadline: 14 October 2026 👩‍🔬 Contact: @carmen-agro.bsky.social 🔗 More info: www.irnasa.csic.es/en/predoctor...
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Thanks @rachelwheatley.bsky.social & @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social for the invitation! We explore the fascinating social interactions of plant-associated bacteria & discuss how they can help design smarter microbial consortia! We enjoyed putting this review together & hope you enjoy reading it too!
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Happy to support such a fantastic initiative and to be featured alongside so many inspiring women researchers to give girls more visible female role models in STEM! Thanks @yeswetech.bsky.social for having me in such a wonderful book! 💜👩🏻‍🔬✨ #DamosConLaTecla #CyberGirlSquad #YesWeTech #WomeninSTEM
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Lluis Montoliu @lluismontoliu.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Muy interesante el artículo de Sergio Cerezo @irnasa.bsky.social en @agenciasinc.es sobre la reciente aprobación en la UE del reglamento para usar #NGTs #CRISPR en plantas, especialmente sus comentarios de la experiencia británica, que va por delante de la europea. www.agenciasinc.es/Opinion/La-n...
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La nueva era de la mejora vegetal comienza en Europa
En junio se aprobó la nueva regulación europea sobre Nuevas técnicas Genómicas que pone fin a años de bloqueo normativo. Esta normativa permitirá a los agricultores a acceder a nuevas variedades veget...
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IRNASA-CSIC @irnasa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🧬🌱"La nueva era de la mejora vegetal comienza en Europa", un artículo de Sergio Cerezo Medina (@sergio-cm.bsky.social), responsable del Servicio de Edición Genética y Bioinformática del #IRNASA-CSIC, publicado en @agenciasinc.es. ▶️ www.agenciasinc.es/Opinion/La-n...
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La nueva era de la mejora vegetal comienza en Europa
En junio se aprobó la nueva regulación europea sobre Nuevas técnicas Genómicas que pone fin a años de bloqueo normativo. Esta normativa permitirá a los agricultores a acceder a nuevas variedades veget...
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
¡Qué genial aunar esfuerzos con las comisiones de Igualdad e Inclusión del @csic.es en Salamanca y poder disfrutar esta semana de una tarde tan necesaria, interesante y completa!! #CienciaATodoColor 🌈
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Sociedad Española de Fijación de Nitrógeno @sefin-esp.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
¡La semana pasada celebramos el XX Congreso #SEFIN2026 – #BeMiPlant 🇪🇸🇵🇹 en Cádiz! ¡Contamos con una gran participación desde todos los rincones, charlas de altísima calidad, una increíble diversidad de trabajos y un ambiente humano inigualable! 🔬🌿😊
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Esta tarde el @irnasa.bsky.social participa en la programación de la Semana Savia con este taller, ¡allí nos vemos! 🕕 6pm 📍La Lonja (huertos urbanos)
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Tina Schreier @tinaschreier.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We’re looking for a postdoc to identify polarity determining factors in bundle sheath cells of C4 grasses and their role in the carbon concentrating mechanism. @johninnescentre.bsky.social Applications close 15th June. Please check out the job ad below or get in touch! #PlantSciJobs
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Really enjoyed the #SEFIN2026 #BeMiPlant conference last week! Not only was it great to catch up with good friends working on beneficial plant-microbe interactions, but the scientific program and atmosphere were superb. I also chaired a session for the first time & won a poster prize! 🙂
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IRNASA-CSIC @irnasa.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🌿 El #IRNASA-CSIC participa en la Semana Savia de #Salamanca con el taller ‘No todo el campo es orégano: conoce las plantas silvestres comestibles’. 🗓️ Martes 2 de junio ⌚️18:00 📍 Lonja de los Huertos Urbanos ✍️ Inscripción previa: goo.su/XbkXYFX ▶️ Más información: www.aytosalamanca.es/w/el-ayuntam...
Cartel oficial de la VI Semana Savia. Aparece la Plaza de Anaya de Salamanca, con la catedral y la secuoya gigante que hay en sus jardines.
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Sociedad Española de Fijación de Nitrógeno @sefin-esp.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Os recordamos que los asistentes al congreso #BeMiPlant #SEFIN2026 podéis participar en este número especial en colaboración con @jxbotany.bsky.social contactando previamente con @pabdelcer.bsky.social y enviando artículos de investigación o revisión hasta el 30 de junio. ¡Todavía estáis a tiempo! 😉
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
¡Fantástico evento en el marco del año mundial de la agricultora para intercambiar inquietudes y retos entre investigadoras y profesionales a pie de campo! Ojalá más encuentros así
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Penn State Department of Biology @psubiodept.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🌱 We’re hiring in Plant Biology at Penn State! The Department of Biology at Penn State University Park is searching for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in any area of plant biology.
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Un placer recibir hoy a #raicex_es y #SRUK/CERU de la mano de Sara Barrasa y MJosé Martínez. Muchísimas gracias por una mañana tan completa discutiendo retos y soluciones en #igualdad en el ámbito académico. Gracias por vuestra visita al @irnasa.bsky.social #LaUniónHaceLaCiencia 🍏😉
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Feliz de recibir a #SRUK/CERU y #raicex_es mañana en mi primer seminario como "host" para presentar el Libro Blanco en mi nueva sede ya como retornada y parte del Comité de Igualdad e Inclusión del @irnasa.bsky.social ☺ Si estáis en Salamanca, ¡os esperamos! 😉
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Similar microbes, different outcomes. Why do some rhizobial bacteroids fix nitrogen in legumes better than others? Check out the online version of our latest work by @poolelaboxford.bsky.social, an historical lab project showing how this comes down to differentiation 😉 ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/plph...
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Developmental fates and N2-fixing efficiency of terminally-differentiated versus undifferentiated bacteroids from legume nodules
The higher symbiotic efficiency of pea bacteroids arises from their greater packing density and proteomic bias toward nitrogenase and dicarboxylate metabol
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Muchas gracias @javicheztin.bsky.social por la invitación, un placer visitar hoy el #CIALE y tener la oportunidad de contaros mi trabajo 🌱🫛🦠😊
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IRNASA-CSIC @irnasa.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
👩‍🔬 En el #IRNASA-CSIC, #TodasHacemosCiencia. #11F #DíaMujeryNiñaenCiencia
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EN EL IRNASA-CSIC, TODAS HACEMOS CIENCIA
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Paula Ramiro-Martínez @paularamiro.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
New paper out in PNAS!!! 🎉 Do more plasmid copies mean faster evolution? 🧵 Dive into the story www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Plasmid mutation rates scale with copy number | PNAS
Plasmids are extrachromosomal DNA molecules that spread by horizontal transfer and shape bacterial evolution. Plasmids are typically present at mul...
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Very excited to be at my first Gordon Research Conference this week & to give my first international invited talk in the US! Amazing speakers, great discussions, & lots of learning on some of my favourite topics! Bacterial motility & chemotaxis, regulation & secondary messengers or quorum sensing 🤩🦠
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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Cost of being female lead/corresponding author in biomedical sciences: "[T]he median amount of time spent under review is 7.4%–14.6% longer for female-authored articles than for male-authored articles" even in disciplines where women well-represented. #AcademicSky journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Biomedical and life science articles by female researchers spend longer under review
Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in STEMM fields, at top institutions, and in senior positions. This study analyzes millions of biomedical and life science articles, revealing that f...
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ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology @isme-microbes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The ISME Early Career Scientist Committee is glad to begin the year by spotlighting @aroneys.bsky.social, a Postdoctoral Researcher at QUT, and his paper, “Bin Chicken: targeted metagenomic coassembly for the efficient recovery of novel genomes.” doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/2)
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vcarryon.bsky.social @vcarryon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
PhD & Postdoc positions – Junta de Andalucía Looking for highly motivated candidates to apply with my Microbiomes & Microbial Interactions group at the University of Málaga (IHSM). Interested in joining our team? 📩 vcarrion@uma.es 🔗 www.carrionlab.com 🔗 www.ihsm.uma-csic.es/investigador...
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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
In @science.org this week: The interaction between flavonoids and rhizobial Nod factors during legume symbiosis www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #plantscience
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The molecular basis of the binding and specific activation of rhizobial NodD by flavonoids
The specific partnership between legumes and rhizobia relies on a chemical dialogue. Plant flavonoids activate the bacterial transcription factor NodD, which triggers production of Nod factors that ar...
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Jane Langdale 🌱 🌾 @janelangdale.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This more than anything makes an academic career worthwhile - seeing other people achieve their goals
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
After a few chaotic but exciting months I am now settled in the beautiful university city of #Salamanca, Spain working at @irnasa.bsky.social @csic.es as #TenuredScientist (since Oct) in the Plant–Microbe Interaction Group 🌱🦠 New Year, updated profiles! 🎉 www.irnasa.csic.es/sanchez-canizares-carmen/
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Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Happy New Year!! 🎉 We're pleased to be back with some exciting new opportunities which we will be sharing in the coming weeks. We are again inviting host labs to share their projects for our 2026 BiPS Summer Studentships. Head to our website for more details: buff.ly/g6vAJmM
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Silvia Manrique @tank-silvia.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Ya está abierta la preinscripción de la #MICROCREDENCIAL de competencias básicas en biología computacional del @dpe-csic.bsky.social, impartida por @bombarelya.bsky.social, @eandresleon.bsky.social, @javijevi.bsky.social y #JoséBlanca. Que no se os pase el plazo! 👇🏼
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Rachel M. Wheatley @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🔊 Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bacterial Evolution. Looking to recruit a postdoc to join a UKRI FLF-funded project on antibiotic resistance evolution in the microbiome 🦠 3 years funding, deadline 26th Jan, please share! hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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Patricia Bernal @pbernalt6ss.eurosky.social · 04/01/2026
We are starting 2026 by looking for candidates to apply for the Junta de Andalucía PhD fellowship. If you are interested in bacterial secretion systems and molecular biology, get in touch. More info about our work: personal.us.es/pbguzman/ & regarding the call www.investigacion.us.es/convocatoria...
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IRNASA-CSIC @irnasa.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬Madrid acoge hoy y mañana #SomosRAICEX2025, el Encuentro de la Red de Asociaciones de Investigadores y Científicos Españoles en el Exterior, con la participación de @carmen-agro.bsky.social, investigadora del #IRNASA-CSIC que fue vicepresidenta de #RAICEX. #LaUnionHaceLaCiencia
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
My first official PhD student Olivia Tjahjono successfully passed her viva last Thursday!🥂 As part of the @poolelaboxford.bsky.social it's been a pleasure to share projects, lab bench and many science (& life) discussions! A big thank you to the examiners Elena Baena & Ray Dixon for their feedback!
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 05/12/2025
Led by Professor Jane Langdale @biology.ox.ac.uk, the C4 Rice Project builds on decades of interdisciplinary research working to ensure global food security. Discover the incredible story of the multi-decade battle to make better rice ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3RY0vxzFpg
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Making Better Rice: The quest to feed the world by hacking plant evolution
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Pierre Buscaill @pierrebuscaill.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🚀 PhD opportunity! Join us (@pierrebuscaill.bsky.social & @chofski.bsky.social) in Bristol 🌱✨ Design, test & model synthetic promoters in Nicotiana benthamiana, focusing on plant immunity. Apply now! 🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PlantSci #SyntheticBiology #PhD #PlantBioDesign #BristolUni
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SynProm: Fast, Modular Spatio-Temporal Transcriptional Reporters for Plants (Plant BioDesign Bristol project) at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - SynProm: Fast, Modular Spatio-Temporal Transcriptional Reporters for Plants (Plant BioDesign Bristol project) at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 20/11/2025
Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics
From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...
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Giannis Stringlis @gstringlis.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Together with a team of great colleagues, we edit a collection titled "Harnessing plant microbiomes to improve performance and mechanistic understanding" nature.com/collections/cg… in the journals @natureportfolio.nature.com @microbiomej.bsky.social . It's open for submission till June 2026.
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Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r... A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social. If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂 #Plantscience #Plantscijobs
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Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Consistently an absolutely fantastic meeting - don’t miss out on an opportunity to interact with an awesome bunch of non-seed enthusiasts 🌱 😃 🧬
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Localized glutamine leakage shapes root microbiome @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Spotlight from Zheng Qing Fu/Youxiong Que on the recent publication by @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social et al from @nikogeldner.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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Localized glutamine leakage shapes root microbiome
Root exudates are vital for guiding microbial dynamics in the rhizosphere. Nevertheless, the key component in root exudates responsible for defining the root microbiome has remained obscure. Tsai et a...
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
One of my first contributions at my new institute for a very cool initiative, to give visibility to every single person behind a successful research project! Da igual dónde esté, siempre acabo en todos los embolados pero rodeada de gente muy guay! 🤩 #inclusion #diversity
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Ben Field 🌿 @benfield1.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Our preprint is finally out 🌿 “𝒑𝒑𝑮𝒑𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉-𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒑𝒔𝒊𝒔” Its been a journey- first spotted by Matteo Sugliani over ten years ago, carried forward by Shanna Romand, and brought to the finish line with help from many collaborators. #PlantScience tinyurl.com/wpf3bp25
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Guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) signalling promotes high-light tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) is a hyperphosphorylated nucleotide originally discovered in prokaryotes and found in the chloroplasts of plants and algae. In plants, ppGpp signalling plays a role as...
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Such a team @iandealidbury.bsky.social, more conferences like this! 🙌🏻 @rafamorcillo.bsky.social @iplantmicro.bsky.social @vcarryon.bsky.social And well done the Sheffield group, congrats to Alex on the poster prize! 😉
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
From science talks to spontaneous laughter — the 6th Plant Microbiome Symposium gave us way more than great research updates! Somewhere between sessions, a new powerhouse (and comedy troupe?) of PIs was born for better future in the area! @itqbnova.bsky.social @microsos.bsky.social
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Had such a great time at #PMS2025 🦠🌱 Met some of my favourite UK colleagues & made many new connections, especially in Spain! Huge shoutout to the organisers @vcarryon.bsky.social for putting together such an inspiring programme, creating the perfect atmosphere for networking & showing us Antequera!
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IRNASA-CSIC @irnasa.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🌱🧫🔬This week, three researchers from #IRNASA_CSIC are participating in the 6th Plant Microbiome Symposium in Antequera (Málaga, Spain). This conference brings together scientists working on the plant microbiome from different angles. #PMS2025 #PlantMicrobiome #PlantScience @microsos.bsky.social 🧵
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Carmen Sanchez-Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social from whole plant to single cell: why terminally differentiated bacteroids are more efficient nitrogen fixers in legume nodules #PMS2025
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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Bacteroids versus nodules @carmen-agro.bsky.social #PMS2025
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Carmen S. Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Great to see that @courtneyherms.bsky.social is back in action at a microbiome conference here in Málaga for the #PMS2025, do follow her for the best and most interesting & fun live posting at a conference! She did such an amazing job at the #Rhizosphere6 conference in Edinburgh! 😉 🦠🌱🔬
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MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Final countdown before the start of the #PMS2025!!! 🪴 Looking forward to seeing you in Antequera (Malaga) on 3-7 November! Final program at: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com/programme/ #Plantscience #MicrobiomeResearch #Bioinformatics
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